Legislative Bills (click plus sign to see table and links)
Updates to Senate Bill 1030
MSCCA Position Document on Senate Bill 870
MSCCA Position Document on SB181 and HB248
| Number / Chapter (Cross File / Chapter) Total: 6 |
Title | Primary Sponsor | Status | Original House Committee(s) and Hearing Dates |
Opposite House Committee(s) and Hearing Dates |
| HB0046 (SB0089) |
Small Business Relief Tax Credit – Expansion | Speaker | First Reading Ways and Means | Ways and Means | |
| HB0100 (SB0125) |
Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2020) | Speaker | First Reading Appropriations | Appropriations | |
| HB0127 (SB0036) |
Health Insurance – Health Benefit Plans – Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy | Delegate Kelly | First Reading Health and Government Operations | Health and Government Operations | |
| SB0036 (HB0127) |
Health Insurance – Health Benefit Plans – Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy | Senator Lam | First Reading Finance | Finance | |
| SB0089 (HB0046) |
Small Business Relief Tax Credit – Expansion | President | Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m. | Budget and Taxation 1/30/2019 – 2:00 p.m. |
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| SB0125 (HB0100) |
Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2020) | President | First Reading Budget and Taxation | Budget and Taxation |
| Number / Chapter (Cross File / Chapter) Total: 1 |
Title | Primary Sponsor | Status | Original House Committee(s) and Hearing Dates |
Opposite House Committee(s) and Hearing Dates |
| SB0024 | Family Law – Kinship Caregivers | Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee | Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings 1/22/2019 – 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0142 | Family Law – Opioid-Exposed Newborns and Parents Addicted to Opioids – Mobile Application (I’m Alive Today App) | Delegate McKay | First Reading Health and Government Operations | Health and Government Operations |
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Important Links
- Maryland General Assembly
- House Bill Companion
- Analysis of the FY 2020 Maryland Executive Budget
- MSDE Budget Data
- Maryland State Department of Education Response to the Analyst’s Review and Recommendations
- Working Group Draft
- Funding Priorities
- Time To Care Act 2019 – Summary
- Maryland Register – February 15, 2019
- PDG B Findings And Reports
Kirwin Commission
- Observations and Recommendations to the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education – Kirwan Commission
- Kirwin Presentation to Committees
- State Aid and Local Share FY 2022-2023
- Proposed Phase In
- Phase in Recommendation
- Local Share vs MOE and Local Appropriations Model
- State Aid Local Share Appropriation Exhibits
- CCR and Non CCR Results
- Kirwan Workgroup Recommendations
- Aid Comparisons Spreadsheet 1
- Aid Comparison Spreadsheet 2
- FY 2018 County Operating Contribution to Public School
- Revised Commission Recommended Categorical Funding Phase In
- Revised Implementation Timeline for Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education Policy Recommendations
- Commission on Innovation and Excellence In Education – Phase In Recommendation
- Kirwin Policy Initiatives
Important News and Reports
Child Care Should Be Free
Child Care Development Block Grant 2020
Sen. Washington to Announce Bid for Baltimore Mayor Wednesday
Guzzone to Replace King as Chair of Senate Budget Panel
MSCCA Position and Comments on Final Working Group One Recommendations
Legislation Recap – Sine Die Report 2019
MARYLAND COMMISSION ON INNOVATION & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION Interim Report
Baltimore Sun Article – What is the Kirwin Commission and What You Need to Know
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